"If you're not on fire for something you won't be able to ignite anyone else." - Joachim Löw, Coach of German National Soccer Team

As I read this quote I thought, “how true.”  How do you motivate others if you are not motivated yourself?  How do you pass on a value that you don’t first cherish yourself?  Passion: it’s a strong drive that comes from within.  It motivates to action; it pushes you forward when you feel like stopping.  

I am driving in a rickety mini van (they don’t build these kind in the US; it’s way too small!) on my way to the local church in the countryside of Sichuan.  The driver has just stopped to pick up another woman; she is attending the training we are giving this week.  Sister Liu starts talking; her pitch gets higher with each statement…now she has completely turned around—sitting on her knees—facing us.  She doesn’t care that she is not wear